January 27, 2012 05:30pm
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January 28, 2012 09:30pm
Oklahoma City Museum of Modern Art 415 Couch Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73102
Taking place in 1772 Germany, the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe (Alexander Fehling) aspires to be a poet; but after failing his law exams, he is sent by his father to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior Kestner (Moritz Bleibtreu). But then Lotte (Miriam Stein) enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte?s hand to another man. The film returns to the very wellspring of Romanticism-- Goethe?s autobiographical masterpiece The Sorrows of Young Werther--and conjures up a beguiling and refreshingly innocent period romance.
